Boarding - FOI Response Register

Can I request the following information for each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (most recent):

1. The number of patients boarding/occupying a borrowed bed.

See attached spreadsheet

2. The number of patients boarding/occupying a borrowed bed, broken down by hospital and speciality.

NHS Shetland has only one hospital the Gilbert Bain Hospital.

See attached spreadsheet

3. The average daily number of beds boarded out.

See attached spreadsheet

4. The number of patients boarding/out occupying a borrowed bed from another hospital.

Nil

5. The number of patients boarding/out occupying a borrowed bed from another health board.

Nil

Where we have given <5 answers and given ranges instead of totals, this is because NHS Shetland considers that providing more specific information carries a high risk of identifying individuals. As such and in accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) as the information constitutes personal data and disclosure would breach the confidentiality of the data subjects.